diff --git a/tests/DMAPI/LongRunning/PreCompile-GenerateRandomResource.bat b/tests/DMAPI/LongRunning/PreCompile-GenerateRandomResource.bat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9dc4ff9975
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/DMAPI/LongRunning/PreCompile-GenerateRandomResource.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+cd /D "%~dp0"
+cd %1
+cd tests\DMAPI\LongRunning
+C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "(New-Guid).Guid | Out-File resource.txt; Add-Content -Path resource.txt -Value 'aljsdhfjahsfkjnsalkjdfhskljdackmcnvxkljhvkjsdanv,jdshlkufhklasjeFDhfjkalhdkjlfhalksfdjh'"
diff --git a/tests/DMAPI/LongRunning/PreCompile-GenerateRandomResource.sh b/tests/DMAPI/LongRunning/PreCompile-GenerateRandomResource.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a22163f76f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/DMAPI/LongRunning/PreCompile-GenerateRandomResource.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+cd "$1/tests/DMAPI/LongRunning"
+
+tr -dc A-Za-z0-9 </dev/urandom | head -c 13 > resource.txt
+echo -e '\naljsdhfjahsfkjnsalkjdfhskljdackmcnvxkljhvkjsdanv,jdshlkufhklasjeFDhfjkalhdkjlfhalksfdjh\n' >> resource.txt
diff --git a/tests/DMAPI/LongRunning/Test.dm b/tests/DMAPI/LongRunning/Test.dm
index 1d008a3de9..c2e274f4d4 100644
--- a/tests/DMAPI/LongRunning/Test.dm
+++ b/tests/DMAPI/LongRunning/Test.dm
@@ -28,11 +28,13 @@
 		if(!length(channels))
 			FailTest("Expected some chat channels!")
 
-	var/test_str = "aljsdhfjahsfkjnsalkjdfhskljdackmcnvxkljhvkjsdanv,jdshlkufhklasjeFDhfjkalhdkjlfhalksfdjh"
-	var/res_contents = file2text('resource.txt') // we need a .rsc to be generated
+	var/res = file('resource.txt')
+	if(!res)
+		FailTest("Failed to resource!")
 
-	if(!findtext(res_contents, test_str))
-		FailTest("Failed to resource? Did not find magic: [res_contents]")
+	var/res_contents = file2text(res) // we need a .rsc to be generated
+	if(!res_contents)
+		FailTest("Failed to resource? No contents!")
 
 	if(!fexists("[DME_NAME].rsc"))
 		FailTest("Failed to create .rsc!")
diff --git a/tests/DMAPI/LongRunning/resource.txt b/tests/DMAPI/LongRunning/resource.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 94b848fe2a..0000000000
--- a/tests/DMAPI/LongRunning/resource.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-
-		if(!length(channels))
-			FailTest("Expected some chat channels!")
-
-	var/test_str = "aljsdhfjahsfkjnsalkjdfhskljdackmcnvxkljhvkjsdanv,jdshlkufhklasjeFDhfjkalhdkjlfhalksfdjh"
-	var/self_contents = file2text(file('Test.dm')) // we need a .rsc to be generated
-
-	if(!(test_str in self_contents))
diff --git a/tests/Tgstation.Server.Tests/Live/Instance/ConfigurationTest.cs b/tests/Tgstation.Server.Tests/Live/Instance/ConfigurationTest.cs
index 333b2489d7..73c658487b 100644
--- a/tests/Tgstation.Server.Tests/Live/Instance/ConfigurationTest.cs
+++ b/tests/Tgstation.Server.Tests/Live/Instance/ConfigurationTest.cs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ using Tgstation.Server.Client;
 using Tgstation.Server.Client.Components;
 using Tgstation.Server.Common.Extensions;
 using Tgstation.Server.Host.IO;
+using Tgstation.Server.Host.System;
 
 namespace Tgstation.Server.Tests.Live.Instance
 {
@@ -116,6 +117,19 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Tests.Live.Instance
 
 				await using var memoryStream2 = new MemoryStream(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("bbb"));
 				await configurationClient.Write(staticFile2, memoryStream2, cancellationToken);
+
+				var shellScriptExtension = new PlatformIdentifier().IsWindows ? ".bat" : ".sh";
+				var scriptName = $"PreCompile-GenerateRandomResource{shellScriptExtension}";
+				var resourcingScript = new ConfigurationFileRequest
+				{
+					Path = $"/EventScripts/{scriptName}"
+				};
+
+				await using var readStream = ioManager.GetFileStream($"../../../../DMAPI/LongRunning/{scriptName}", false);
+				await configurationClient.Write(
+					resourcingScript,
+					readStream,
+					cancellationToken);
 			}
 
 			return ValueTaskExtensions.WhenAll(
diff --git a/tests/Tgstation.Server.Tests/Live/Instance/WatchdogTest.cs b/tests/Tgstation.Server.Tests/Live/Instance/WatchdogTest.cs
index 7da4e2bbe4..0a67dc8c02 100644
--- a/tests/Tgstation.Server.Tests/Live/Instance/WatchdogTest.cs
+++ b/tests/Tgstation.Server.Tests/Live/Instance/WatchdogTest.cs
@@ -394,13 +394,17 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Tests.Live.Instance
 				KillDD(true);
 				var jobTcs = new TaskCompletionSource();
 				var killTaskStarted = new TaskCompletionSource();
-				var killTask = Task.Run(() =>
+				var killThread = new Thread(() =>
 				{
 					killTaskStarted.SetResult();
 					while (!jobTcs.Task.IsCompleted)
 						KillDD(false);
-				}, cancellationToken);
+				})
+				{
+					Priority = ThreadPriority.AboveNormal
+				};
 
+				killThread.Start();
 				try
 				{
 					await killTaskStarted.Task;
@@ -410,7 +414,7 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Tests.Live.Instance
 				finally
 				{
 					jobTcs.SetResult();
-					await killTask;
+					killThread.Join();
 				}
 
 				// these can also happen
@@ -1133,9 +1137,11 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Tests.Live.Instance
 			Assert.AreEqual(ddPort, daemonStatus.CurrentPort);
 
 			// Try killing the DD process to ensure it gets set to the restoring state
+			bool firstTime = true;
 			do
 			{
-				KillDD(true);
+				KillDD(firstTime);
+				firstTime = false;
 				await Task.Delay(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1), cancellationToken);
 				daemonStatus = await instanceClient.DreamDaemon.Read(cancellationToken);
 			}
diff --git a/tgstation-server.sln b/tgstation-server.sln
index c1cde46821..36d9027e9d 100644
--- a/tgstation-server.sln
+++ b/tgstation-server.sln
@@ -158,7 +158,8 @@ Project("{2150E333-8FDC-42A3-9474-1A3956D46DE8}") = "LongRunning", "LongRunning"
 		tests\DMAPI\LongRunning\long_running_test.dme = tests\DMAPI\LongRunning\long_running_test.dme
 		tests\DMAPI\LongRunning\long_running_test_copy.dme = tests\DMAPI\LongRunning\long_running_test_copy.dme
 		tests\DMAPI\LongRunning\long_running_test_rooted.dme = tests\DMAPI\LongRunning\long_running_test_rooted.dme
-		tests\DMAPI\LongRunning\resource.txt = tests\DMAPI\LongRunning\resource.txt
+		tests\DMAPI\LongRunning\PreCompile-GenerateRandomResource.bat = tests\DMAPI\LongRunning\PreCompile-GenerateRandomResource.bat
+		tests\DMAPI\LongRunning\PreCompile-GenerateRandomResource.sh = tests\DMAPI\LongRunning\PreCompile-GenerateRandomResource.sh
 		tests\DMAPI\LongRunning\Test.dm = tests\DMAPI\LongRunning\Test.dm
 	EndProjectSection
 EndProject